Ms. Valente is an analyst at Forrester serving security and risk professionals. She covers governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) strategy, best practices, and technology, with a special focus on third-party risk management, procurement and supplier risk management, and enterprise and cybersecurity risk management frameworks such as ISO 31000, ISO 27000, and NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). She also assists with coverage of key regulatory compliance issues and technology; risk management, ethics, and trust in digital transformation; and achieving operational resilience. In this role, she helps Forrester clients establish and mature a comprehensive GRC program that maximizes business opportunity and performance while minimizing risk and protecting the organization’s brand.

Ms. McDonald is the Vice President of GRC Solutions at MetricStream and is focused on the company's GRC market leadership. She has over 30 years of experience in Information Technology and Management, with a focus on Governance, Risk and Compliance over the past 10 years. Ms. Delmar is responsible for MetricStream's Customer Program for over 300 companies world-wide and drives MetricStream's GRC Journey Program which provides expertise in helping companies implement strategies and programs for governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions that add strategic value while delivering dramatic cost savings. Ms. Delmar has led start-ups and business units within system integration and outsourcing companies and provided advisory services to F1000 on the implementation of GRC programs. She holds a B.Sc. (Honors) in Mathematics and Computer Science and an M.B.A. from Dalhousie University in Canada. She is also a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), and a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).